1) What do you like and dislike the most about working in this field?
2) Would you HONESTLY advise someone to start a career as a CMM Operator/Programmer?
1) I love(d) working in medical. It's typical pablum for the sales folks, but the years I worked for a rather large OEM? I felt that I REALLY made a difference for patients. My company let me local admin the Demon, and basically have free reign over the CMM inspection situation in Quality. A real career.... but when company execs and greed decided to ship the work to china? Figure how patients fare now. .
Now, I work for the government, and it's a cesspool. IT contractors handcuff EVERYTHING, they have NO clue of a CMM, but they want their tentacles in every software domain. I have to put in my CAC card password every 10 minutes (or so it seems) 10 people to sharpen a pencil... multiple eyes looking over your shoulder just to....uh, make multiple reports of n-o-t-h-i-n-g. Folks, do you ever wonder how a claw hammer costs $15.99 at ACE Hardware, but through the GSA it's $600.00. Yeah. Joe taxpayer bend over.
2) I wouldn't advise to be a CMM
operator. IMHO? There's probably better cool and important buttons to push somewhere else.
But sure, I'd recommend putting your efforts into becoming a CMM
programmer. Go in full throttle! And hopefully? You get in with with a good private sector company. Don't not
EVER take the bait on the government hook. You might get an OK salary, but you might as well leave your brain on the nightstand. An army of bureaucrats will smother your soul........
Sounds like you've had in interesting career to say the least, never really thought about cmm applications outside of the automotive industry. It only takes 6 people to sharpen a pencil here.
Sounds like you've had in interesting career to say the least, never really thought about cmm applications outside of the automotive industry. It only takes 6 people to sharpen a pencil here.
.
It only takes 6 people to sharpen a pencil here.